#A8B1EC#A8B1EC

#A8B1EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B1EC
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 236)
HSL	hsl(232, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(232, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 25%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 9.93, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 32.05, 288.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0111 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.085 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0068, 45.8239, 85.7088)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B1EC #ECE3A8

analogous

#A8D3EC #A8B1EC #C1A8EC

triadic

#A8B1EC #ECA8B1 #B1ECA8

tetradic

#A8B1EC #ECA8D3 #ECE3A8 #A8ECC1

square

#A8B1EC #ECA8D3 #ECE3A8 #A8ECC1

split-complementary

#A8B1EC #ECC1A8 #D3ECA8

monochromatic

#4457D6 #7684E1 #A8B1EC #DADEF7 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A8B1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#A8B1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B1EC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B1EC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8f2',
    500: '#a8b1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b1ec;
$custom-light: #c3c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.059,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77458,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B1EC

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B41ACC

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B1EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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